Atsushi Wada

The Mechanism of Spring (2014)

Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Atsushi Wada

Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Atsushi Wada

The Great Rabbit (2012)

Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And yet what makes us still keep calling it The Great?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Atsushi Wada

Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And yet what makes us still keep calling it The Great?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Atsushi Wada

In a Pig's Eye (2010)

A huge pig lies by a house. The family of the house go about their everyday life, pretending to ignore the pig’s existence.  (more)

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A huge pig lies by a house. The family of the house go about their everyday life, pretending to ignore the pig’s existence.  (more)

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Avatar (2011)

Michiko lost her dad in a car accident when she was 10 years old. After the car accident, Michiko has lived with her mother Kyoko. Michiko, now in her 2nd year of high school, gets a cell phone from her mother as a birthday present. Michiko is so excited to have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Ai Hashimoto  •  Nako Mizusawa  •  Haneyuri  •  Rikako Sakata

Michiko lost her dad in a car accident when she was 10 years old. After the car accident, Michiko has lived with her mother Kyoko. Michiko, now in her 2nd year of high school, gets a cell phone from her mother as a birthday present. Michiko is so excited to have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Ai Hashimoto  •  Nako Mizusawa  •  Haneyuri  •  Rikako Sakata

A Clerk in Charge (2004)

A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do.  (more)

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The Thing of Rotation of Child (2004)

For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.  (more)

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For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.  (more)

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Yellow (2003)

Everybody wants to be fashionable and praised. So do grandmothers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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Everybody wants to be fashionable and praised. So do grandmothers.  (more)

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A Whistle (2002)

Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles.  (more)

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Day of Nose (2005)

A haptic animation with comfortable noses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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A haptic animation with comfortable noses.  (more)

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Gentle Whistle, Bird, and Stone (2005)

A lot of wrong may happen, but no problem. A whistle, a bird, a stone, a human, they are gentle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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A lot of wrong may happen, but no problem. A whistle, a bird, a stone, a human, they are gentle.  (more)

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Tokyo Loop (2006)

A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Yamamura  •  Atsushi Wada  •  Kei Oyama  •  Kotobuki Shiriagari  •  Takashi Ito  •  Youji Kuri  •  Keiichi Tanaami  •  Taku Furukawa  •  Nobuhiro Aihara  •  Mika Seike  •  Tomoyasu Murata  •  Masahiko Sato  •  Toshio Iwai  •  Maho Shimao  •  Atsuko Uda  •  Tabaimo  •  Mio Ueta
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A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Yamamura  •  Atsushi Wada  •  Kei Oyama  •  Kotobuki Shiriagari  •  Takashi Ito  •  Youji Kuri  •  Keiichi Tanaami  •  Taku Furukawa  •  Nobuhiro Aihara  •  Mika Seike  •  Tomoyasu Murata  •  Masahiko Sato  •  Toshio Iwai  •  Maho Shimao  •  Atsuko Uda  •  Tabaimo  •  Mio Ueta
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My Exercise (2021)

A boy is doing his exercises with his dog.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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A boy is doing his exercises with his dog.  (more)

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Anomalies (2013)

We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something ‘other’. Similarly, we believe in the existence of ‘anomalies’, such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs advance us?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Atsushi Wada  •  Luiz Kruszielski  •  Yoshimi Tajima

We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something ‘other’. Similarly, we believe in the existence of ‘anomalies’, such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs advance us?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
CAST:  Atsushi Wada  •  Luiz Kruszielski  •  Yoshimi Tajima

L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise - Volume 2 (2014)

Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Hirabayashi  •  Atsushi Wada  •  Keita Kurosaka  •  Mirai Mizue  •  Yoriko Mizushiri  •  Yoko Kuno
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Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Hirabayashi  •  Atsushi Wada  •  Keita Kurosaka  •  Mirai Mizue  •  Yoriko Mizushiri  •  Yoko Kuno
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Dancer of Vermicular (2004)

A worm in this river looks shiny to me.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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A worm in this river looks shiny to me.  (more)

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A Manipulated Man (2006)

If there is a fixed number of words that a person speaks within his/her lifetime, and if that number is controlled from somewhere by someone, then it would probably be like the story in this film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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If there is a fixed number of words that a person speaks within his/her lifetime, and if that number is controlled from somewhere by someone, then it would probably be like the story in this film.  (more)

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Well, That's Glasses (2007)

How was this made? Why? For what purpose and using what materials? What is this anyway? There are lots of things we need to find out about.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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How was this made? Why? For what purpose and using what materials? What is this anyway? There are lots of things we need to find out about.  (more)

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My Marsh (2017)

The activities of cats, kobito, carp, and an uncle dressed as a woman on a swamp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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The activities of cats, kobito, carp, and an uncle dressed as a woman on a swamp.  (more)

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Autumn from Antonio Vivaldi “The Four Seasons” (2018)

Dear Mr. Vivaldi, I apologise for setting your music to animation without your permission. But I wanted to depict “autumn” in my own way with various animals. Thank you for understanding. Yours sincerely, AW.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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Dear Mr. Vivaldi, I apologise for setting your music to animation without your permission. But I wanted to depict “autumn” in my own way with various animals. Thank you for understanding. Yours sincerely, AW.  (more)

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Bird in the Peninsula (2022)

The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Wada
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